Wednesday, Oct. 25
6:56 p.m.
The shootings started around 6:56 p.m., Maine Public Safety Commissioner Michael Sauschuck said during a news conference late Wednesday evening.
Auburn’s communications center received a 911 call at that time about a man shooting in Just -In-Time Recreation at 24 Mollison Way, Maine State Police Col. William Ross said during a news conference Thursday morning.
7:08 p.m.
The communications center received “multiple 911 calls about an active shooter” inside Schemengees on Lincoln Street, Ross said during Thursday’s news conference. A large law enforcement response assisted Lewiston police in trying to identify who the shooter was and what was happening, he said. Ross called it a “fast-paced, fast-moving, very fluid scene, very dangerous scene that these guys and girls are going into.”
7:10 p.m.
Lewiston resident Robin Payne reported seeing a flurry of police cars, fire trucks and ambulances head toward Schemengees Bar & Grille Restaurant, located less than a quarter mile from Payne on Lincoln Street, at around 7:10 p.m.
7:19 p.m.
Footage from Payne’s doorbell camera showed a police officer outside her house with a long gun, and neighbors reported that he told them to go inside.
8:06 p.m.
Police released a photo of the shooter to the media.
8:30 p.m.
Officials in Auburn urged residents to shelter in place, lock all doors and report suspicious people.
9:17 p.m.
Lewiston police released photos of a vehicle they were trying to find: a small white car whose bumper may have been painted black.
9:26 p.m.
Lewiston police received a call identifying the man in the distributed photos as Robert Card, 40, of Bowdoin, Maine Department of Public Safety spokesperson Shannon Moss said.
9:56 p.m.
The Lisbon Police Department notified Lewiston police that they located a white Subaru at the Pejepscot Boat Launch in Lisbon, Moss said. The vehicle was traced back to Card.
About 11 p.m.
Moss confirmed to the Bangor Daily News that Card is a person of interest.
Reunification center opens at Auburn Middle School on 38 Falcon Drive for people searching for their loved ones.
Thursday, Oct. 26
Midnight
About 40 to 45 people had come through the reunification center shortly after midnight on Thursday, Auburn Mayor Jason Levesque said.
Between 11:56 p.m. Wednesday and 2:22 a.m. Thursday
The website FlightAware shared an image showing a New Hampshire State Police helicopter searching for Card, a suspect in the Lewiston shootings.
Just before 11 a.m.Authorities held a press conference where they confirmed that 18 people were killed and 13 injured. Seven died at Just-In-Time Recreation, eight died at Schemengees and three who had been wounded died at area hospitals, Ross said.
